Artist: Blakkat Presents Mark Bell
Title: Revolution (Remixes)
Label: White Label
By: Simon Jones | 24 March 2003
Tracklist:

• A: Evolution Mix
• B: Rae & Christian Mix

Blakkat Presents Mark Bell "Revolution (Remixes)"

Mark Bell has been producing for many many years, having cut his teeth in the dance music arena initially at the start of the acid house boom. However, soon he took a sidestep and assisted M-People with the co-writing of their first two albums, before becoming increasingly influenced by the growing house scene, and making his own unique statement upon it. This led to him working on projects by everyone from Marshall Jefferson and Doc Martin to New Order and Moloko, as well as many other artists that have shaped the music scene over the past decade. As his own productions grew, he decided to launch Shaboom Records, which has earned a reputation for it's quality output, with tracks by Mark under his various monikers each becoming widely accoladed. One of the tracks that up until now has remained unreleased is 'Revolution', but now it's here on limited white label for you all to enjoy, after politics have strived to keep it off the shelves for the past few years.

The first remix comes from another pair of northern boys, 'Evolution', which has been a staple in the sets of John Digweed for a long long time, causing many vinyl junkies to anticipate it's release. With a tough throbbing bassline and trademark Evolution sounds building and building as Mark's vocals chant with power from the depths of the darkness, the track dominates the dancefloor fading to a soft break before a series of loops unleash the fury once more. Powerful and dramatic stuff from the teaming of Mark Bell and Evolution.

Flip it over and the remix is something very different indeed. Who would have dreamt alongside Evolution would be a remix from 'Mark Rae and Steve Christian'. In their true nothern soul style they rework the mix, laid back grooves and guitar led rhythms complimented by soft dripping beats really lend themselves well to Mark's superb vocals. The resulting mix oozes class and sublime grandeur and is well worth checking out.

It may seem like the odd couple of remix pairings, but both mixes are tightly produced and worth listening to. With the limited nature of this white label this could end up becoming quite sought after as never again will these two names grace a vinyl together.